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Country:	Brazil 1987a
Study Title:	Uso do Tempo entre Famílias de Classe Média em São Paulo
Collector:	Maria Cristina Bruschini and Sylvia Cavasin
When Conducted:
Sampling Method and Study Design:	Maria Cristina Bruschini and Sylvia Cavasin collected diaries in face to face interviews in 15 households with children aged under 14 of varying economic status in São Paulo. The survey involved two phases. The first phase collected background details and estimated information on domestic work activity. The second phase conducted at a later date involved the collection of time diaries about the previous 24 hours of activity. The researchers coded six domains of activity: 1) food and hygiene, 2) child care, 3) shopping, 4) household administration, 5) home maintenance, 6) social activities
Sample Size:	15 households, 5 of which completed time diaries
Response Rate:	Recruited sample initially, 1/3 (5 households) completed the time diary in the second phase of the survey. Most refusals wer made on the grounds of a lack of time to undertake the second interview
Weighting Procedures:	Data are not weighted
Source of Information:	Neuma Aguair. (1999) Time Use Analysis in Brazil: How Far Will Time Use Studies Have Advanced in Brazil by the Year 2000? Paper presented at the the annual meeting of the International Association for Time Use Research, Colchester, United Kingdom, 6-8 October 1999
Available Documentation:	Neuma Aguair. (1999) Time Use Analysis in Brazil: How Far Will Time Use Studies Have Advanced in Brazil by the Year 2000? Paper presented at the the annual meeting of the International Association for Time Use Research, Colchester, United Kingdom, 6-8 October 1999

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